We went through them
& ? & ?
III. SEPARATION DUET
* At some point as the duet unfolds, we see time passing, ALMA
glance up, then down.
I
day, heard her laugh as you
(with determination) con moto
You're here, you're here with can I can touch our love, as
I know that child. I've raised my own.
bound-less as the sea, as deep.
* At some point between measures 215 and 229 we see ALMA introducing LUC to a handful of other women, potential contenders for her role. LUC refuses to look at any of them.
IV. INTERLUDE II
Turn back, dull earth, turn, turn, turn.
By now, ALMA has removed herself from the gathering, unnoticed. She remains, set apart, a distance from them.
Turn
Text onscreen: Four years later. (Stage direction: Four years later, she returns. A child runs to greet her.)